diff --git a/internal/rdb/types/stream.go b/internal/rdb/types/stream.go
index 4a16a5d7..59b4de35 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/types/stream.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/types/stream.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (o *StreamObject) readStream() {
 		/* Use the XADD MAXLEN 0 trick to generate an empty stream if
 		 * the key we are serializing is an empty string, which is possible
 		 * for the Stream type. */
-		args := []string{"xadd", masterKey, "MAXLEN", "0", lastid, "x", "y"}
+		args := []string{"xadd", masterKey, "MAXLEN", "0", "0-1", "x", "y"}
 		cmdC <- args
 	}